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Mirra Alfassa

1878 - 1973

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Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère, was a French-Indian spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name "The Mother" or "Shri Maa". Alfassa was born in Paris in 1878 to a bourgeois Sephardi Jewish family from Turkey. In her youth, she traveled to Algeria to practice occultism along with the occultist Max Théon. After returning to Paris, Alfassa guided a group of spiritual seekers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mirra Alfassa is the 2,501st most popular writer (up from 2,653rd in 2019), the 2,757th most popular biography from France (up from 2,899th in 2019) and the 349th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Mirra Alfassa ranks 2,501 out of 7,302. Before her are John Grinder, António Vieira, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, René Crevel, and Gennadiy Aygi. After her are Charles Maturin, Tom Wilson, Yasushi Inoue, Cigerxwîn, Banana Yoshimoto, and Peter of Dusburg.

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Among people born in 1878, Mirra Alfassa ranks 97. Before her are Horacio Quiroga, José Miaja, Walther Ritz, John Rimmer, Jorge Ubico, and Wallace Hartley. After her are Maxie Long, Stamen Grigorov, Michel Théato, Georgios Kondylis, Walter Heitz, and Egon Friedell. Among people deceased in 1973, Mirra Alfassa ranks 108. Before her are Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Roger Williamson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Noël Coward, Clas Thunberg, and Laurence Harvey. After her are Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Lidia Ruslanova, Dmytro Dontsov, Ben Webster, and Karel Ančerl.

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In France

Among people born in France, Mirra Alfassa ranks 2,757 out of 6,770. Before her are Thomas Bérard (1300), René Crevel (1900), Leodegar (616), Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825), Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1722), and Bayezid Osman (1924). After her are Auguste Serrurier (1857), Alain Corneau (1943), Hugo Lloris (1986), Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513), Charles Lecocq (1832), and Léa Seydoux (1985).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Mirra Alfassa ranks 349. Before her are Albert Robida (1848), Jules Guesde (1845), Philippe Quinault (1635), Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674), Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746), and René Crevel (1900). After her are Pascal Quignard (1948), Jean Astruc (1684), Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Michel Zevaco (1860), and Gustave Aimard (1818).

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